Evaluate the extent to which the UK has a multi party system

Question 1

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Answer 1

• what is a multi party system?
• a multi-party system is a political system in which multiple political parties across the political spectrum run for national elections, and all have the capacity to gain control of government offices, separately or in coalition.
• List arguments for and against

Question 2

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Answer 2

P: Number of hung parliaments has resulted in coalition and agreements between parties which show there is a multi party system
E: 2010 general election, conservative and Lib dem came into government to form a coalition, led to huge amounts of electoral reform such as civil partnership agreements, their aim to reassess constituency boundaries. 20177 general election hung parliament resulted in conservatives to come into an agreement with DUP
E: shows how there is not a multi party system

CP: Labour and conservative have always formed opposition
E: in 2017 they formed 83% of the vote
E: coalitions do not show a multi party system but a decline in the party’s majority

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P: Other parties have one seats elsewhere 2001 to 2010 lib dems and DUP won 70 seats.
Yea u know what to do Also speak about UKIP in 2015 general election won 3.8 million votes

CP: FPTP system 1983 general election

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p: increasing number of parties sitting in parliament that are not the big two
E: for example, in 2015 33% of the vote went to other parties

CP: minor parties only gain traction for a single issue they do not fit the criteria of being ready to run a country. We see this with lib dems in 2015 that was the last time they were in power. i.e coalition government and DUP and conservatives.
E: this means that they won’t be able to rule